Running news, training and gear from Marathon Handbook
Organizers Release the Final Elite Start Lists for the Valencia Half Marathon
Kenenisa Bekele is entered a month after withdrawing from Berlin, while Rodrigue Kwizera and Yalemzerf Yehualaw bring the fastest bests to Sunday’s race.
Race Coverage
PUMA Releases a Second Super Shoe That Breaks World Athletics Rules
The FAST-RB NITRO Elite 2 goes on sale Oct. 28 for €350 ($392) with two carbon plates, in a market where the shoes elites can race in keep getting lighter.
Brands and Gear News
A Shuttle That Never Returned Kept Runners in Windsor Out of the Detroit Free Press Marathon
The Linq says tunnel staff shut the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel to its driver 22 minutes early, leaving runners at a downtown Windsor stop with no way to the 7 a.m. start.
Race Coverage
The Runner-Up in Peres Jepchirchir’s EPO Case Deserves Better Than a Results Update
Irine Cheptai finished 3:40 behind in Sydney and could be named champion months after the race. Buzunesh Deba, promoted to the 2014 Boston title, waited a decade for all of her prize money.
Elite Runners
John Korir Signs With COROS Through the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
The two-time Boston Marathon champion will defend his Valencia title on new wrist hardware in December, with a deal built around an Olympic team he has yet to make.
Elite Runners
World Marathon Champion Peres Jepchirchir Provisionally Suspended Over EPO Finding
The AIU says the sample predates the 33-year-old’s Sydney Marathon win in August, which puts that title in question.
Jessy Carveth
Heavy Rain Threatens Amanal Petros’s Record Attempt in Frankfurt
The German record holder is 27 seconds off Bashir Abdi’s 2:03:36, but Sunday morning’s forecast calls for rain, wind and temperatures around 10 C.
Race Coverage
I Ran a 12-Minute Half-Marathon PR Without a Training Plan. Here’s The 5 Things I Did.
I finished the Toronto Waterfront Half-Marathon in 1:22:10, more than 12 minutes faster than my debut and nearly three minutes under a goal I only half believed in. I got there by running when I wanted, at the pace I wanted, and racing whenever I could.
The U.S. Marathons You Can Still Enter for Less Than $100
Boston now charges qualifiers $270 and Chicago $250. We found 19 U.S. marathons open for less than $100 this week, several on certified Boston-qualifying courses, and some of those prices end on Oct. 31.
Race Coverage
The World’s Biggest Running Newsletter
417,383 runners and counting.
Join the world’s biggest running newsletter, and wake up every day to the latest running stories, tips, reviews, and more:
Our Podcasts
